He calls marchers “vile abusers of the dead” in lengthy Instagram rant

Eagles of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes, photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage

Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes penned a lengthy Instagram rant yesterday reiterating his anti-gun control stance and calling March for Our Lives protestors “vile abusers of the dead.” Posting on his “fatherbadass” Instagram page, Hughes accused Parkland shooting survivors of “playing hooky at the expense of 16 of your classmates blood.” He also shared a doctored image of student protester Emma González, created by the far right, which has been Photoshopped to show her tearing up the Constitution, The Guardian reports. (That post no longer appears on Hughes’ Instagram page.) Responding to criticism on Sunday night, Hughes said he would open a separate Instagram page to air his political views. Update (3/27): As of Tuesday morning, all of Hughes’ posts have been deleted.

In his original post, Hughes repeated his assertion that gun control in France failed to prevent the 2015 terror attack on Eagles of Death Metal’s Bataclan concert. (The rate of shooting deaths in France is 15 times lower than in America, according to a 2016 New York Times report.) The post was accompanied by a graphic that equates relinquishing arms with “chopping off [one’s] own dick to end rape.”

Hughes captioned the deleted image of Emma González: “Behold……the Awful Face Of Treason…..survivor of Nothing….Lover of Treason…..enjoy your little moment…..it’s about to End…… #stupidity #hatersofliberty #loversofsatan #borntolose #2ndamendment.” According to the Guardian, he also shared an Instagram post illustrated by a bottle of pills labelled “Hard to Swallow.” Each of the three pills carried a message: “Our guns aren’t going anywhere”; “There are only 2 genders”; and “Donald Trump will be your president for 7 more years.” In the caption, Hughes claimed he would report any “moronic dingdong headed losers” making threats against him to the FBI.